The Opening Bell

On Friday, December 9th 2016, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Commerce Dept. reports today on wholesale trade inventories for October. Today is also the funding deadline to avert a Federal government shutdown

This week’s Associated Bank Thought Leader conversation was with Donald Lloyd (Senior Vice President & Manager of Capital Markets – Foreign Exchange, Rate Swaps and Commodity Derivatives). Steve and Don speak about the recent climate change of the market post-election.  “The markets are alive” states Don Lloyd – This was caused by the uncertainty of the marketplace the US was going through.  However, now that we are through this ‘uncertainty’ they are refreshed and the US markets are strong.  This […]

On Thursday, December 8th 2016, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Labor Dept reports on unemployment benefits over the last week. The holiday air travel forecast is out today. Freddy Mac reports on this weeks average US mortgage rates.

On Wednesday, December 7th 2016, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The Labor Dept releases its jobs opening and labor turnover survey for the month of October.  The latest indicator of job hiring to come since it’s September report – found employers posting more job openings. The Fed reserve releases consumer credit data for October – the last check of American borrowing had found recent job growth and wage gains which has made Americans more comfortable to with holding […]

On the December 7,  2016 Opening Bell,  Steve Grzanich welcomes in President of the IL Farm Bureau, Richard Guebert to discuss the most recent meeting of the farm bureau which happened this part week in Chicago.  Then, in appreciation of the 50th anniversary of the Ranger Rick Magazine – David Mizejewski (Media Personality, author and wildlife expert) joins the show to discuss the importance of the Ranger Rick Magazine and of course…the great outdoors.  Lastly, we take a look at […]

On the December 6,  2016 Opening Bell,  Steve Grzanich welcomes in Chris Edmonds, founder and CEO of Purpose Driven Culture Group.  In the discussion he focuses on practical solutions for building better workplaces and offers hard data with bottom line correlation.  Then, have your shopping habits ever been influenced by the holidays?  Lalatendu Acharya (Asst. Professor in the Dept. of Consumer Sciences) joins the show to discuss how to stay on budget by avoiding emotional holiday purchases.  Lastly, we take […]

On the December 5,  2016 Opening Bell,  Steve Grzanich welcomes in Courtney White, CEO of the phenomenally helpful organization: Culinary Care. Culinary Care delivers complimentary meals to in-need cancer patients and their families, ensuring they never have to struggle getting the nourishment they need to survive.  Then, we take a look at the latest report finding that lack of sleep is costing the U.S. economy up to $411 Billion a year.  Lead researcher, Marco Hafner joins us to give us […]

Culinary Care delivers complimentary meals to in-need cancer patients and their families, ensuring they never have to struggle getting the nourishment they need to survive. In 2006, Founder, Courtney White, lost her father to lung cancer. During this tumultuous time, she had friends, neighbors and loved ones that brought her family meals every night for two months straight. These meals not only gave them the physical strength to get through the day, but they gave her family hope and one […]

On the December 2,  2016 Opening Bell,  Steve Grzanich welcomes in Paul Nolte of Kingsview Asset Management to discuss the recent trends in the market as well as the latest major financial news.  Then, Rick Seeney (CEO of FareCompare.com) joins us to explain the price drop in a couple of the major airlines.  What will this mean for holiday travel?  Tune in and find out!  Lastly, we take a look at the Argo-Biz report with WGN’s own, Orion Samuelson.

On the November 30, 2016 Steve Grzanich welcomes in Associated Bank Thought Leader, John Horton.  John Horton is the Vice President and Senior Lending Manager at The Associated Bank specializing in construction loans, jumbo mortgages, and refinancing.  Steve and John connect again post-election to see if the outcome has shifted the market in a positive or negative way. Then, Todd Grossman (CEO of Talkwalker) joins Steve to look at the intense influence social media has on our holiday shopping habits.  They […]